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  • Prosecutors In Casey Case Shoot Down Defense Motion

    WFTV 9 Orlando – 2 hrs 11 mins ago  

    Prosecutors in the case against Casey Anthony are trying to shoot down a defense team's motion, which claims she faces too many check fraud charges. STATE'S RESPONSE: Response To Defense Motion READ: Numerous Motions Filed By Defense SHEAFFER BLOGS: Read Legal Expert's Posts Full Story »

  • Doctor's License Suspended After Disturbing Allegations

    WFTV 9 Orlando – 2 hrs 26 mins ago  

    WINTER PARK, Fla. -- A Winter Park doctor may be in a lot of trouble for some disturbing behavior. Full Story »

  • 56 Abandoned Horses In Need Of Home

    WFTV 9 Orlando – 2 hrs 41 mins ago  

    MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- These days it's hard for many families to put food on the table and harder still for horse owners to feed their animals. In Marion County 56 horses were turned over to an adoption agency on Thanksgiving weekend by families who could no longer afford to take care of them. Full Story »

  • Vendors Leaving New I-4 Flea Market

    WFTV 9 Orlando – 2 hrs 56 mins ago  

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- It used to be Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, then the building along the interstate was called it the I-4 Flea Market. Now, more than half the vendors of the flea market along I-4 in the tourism district told Eyewitness News that they're leaving. Full Story »

  • Steering Wheel DNA IDs Driver In Fatal Crash

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 5:29 pm ET  

    ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- DNA evidence helped troopers arrest a man accused of causing a crash that killed a woman. Even though the man was injured in the crash on John Young Parkway in August, he denied he was the driver. Full Story »

  • Landowners Want To Build On Flood-Prone Land

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 4:44 pm ET  

    SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- Some powerful, politically-connected landowners are trying to get approval that could eventually allow them to turn old farmland into a giant new development. Full Story »

  • Victim's Family Asks For Help Finding Killer

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 2:44 pm ET  

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The family of a murdered Daytona Beach man is asking the community to help find his killer. James Tolbert was found stabbed and shot to death outside his home on Baldwin Lane on November 27. Full Story »

  • Florida House Resists Changing Rail Bill

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 2:14 pm ET  

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida House wrangled Friday over a proposal to create a commuter rail system in central Florida as a prelude to the bill's expected passage in that chamber Monday. Full Story »

  • Postal Union Workers Pickett Closure Plans

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 1:14 pm ET  

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- Members of the American Postal Service Union are preparing to picket outside Orlando's Lockhart Post Office Friday. It's one of a half-dozen Central Florida post offices targeted for closure, but the union says Lockhart shouldn't be on that list. Full Story »

  • Teacher Accused Of Threats Bonds Out Of Jail

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 12:44 pm ET  

    A suspended West Orange High School teacher, accused of threatening to shoot students and a principal, bonded out of jail Friday. TEACHER BONDS OUT: Watch Video | See Images VIDEO REPORT: Teacher Charged With Extortion CRIME SECTION: Latest News, Neighborhood Watch Full Story »

  • Attempted Murder Suspect Turns Self In At Mall

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 12:29 pm ET  

    OVIEDO, Fla. -- A man wanted for an attempted murder was arrested Friday morning after turning himself in to Seminole County deputies at a Central Florida mall. Full Story »

  • Florida Claims Record Graduation Rate

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 12:29 pm ET  

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- State figures show Florida's high school graduation rate has jumped 3 percentage points to a record 76.3 percent this year. Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday that's just the latest example of how Florida's education program has become a "rising star" nationally. Full Story »

  • Semi Rolls Down I-4 Hill, Crashes Into Tree

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 12:14 pm ET  

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- Wet roads may have played a role in an accident on I-4. Orlando police say a semi went off the road on I-4 near Kaley Avenue Friday, rolled down a hill and crashed into a tree. Full Story »

  • Ex-Fla. Sen. Paula Hawkins Dies At 82

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 11:44 am ET  

    WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Former U.S. Sen. Paula Hawkins, the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, has died. The Florida Republican was 82. Full Story »

  • Theater Worker Dies After 30-Foot Fall

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 11:15 am ET  

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A man assembling lights on a catwalk died after a 30-foot fall at a West Palm Beach performing arts center. A Kravis Center for the Performing Arts spokeswoman says Fenton Hollingsworth was working at the center's 300-seat playhouse Thursday afternoon when he fell. Full Story »

  • Crist Gives Callers Number To Sex Line

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 11:14 am ET  

    FLORIDA -- Governor Charlie Crist accidentally gave callers to a state hotline, the number to a phone sex line. "Hey there sexy guy. Welcome to an exciting new way to go live, one-on-one." Full Story »

  • Alabama, Florida Governors Wager On SEC Game

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 9:59 am ET  

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist have a friendly wager on the outcome of the Southeastern Conference football championship on Saturday. Full Story »

  • Man Arrested After Ex's House Set On Fire

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 9:29 am ET  

    LUTZ, Fla. -- A man has been charged with setting fire to his ex-girlfriend's Hillsborough County house while she and her new boyfriend were inside. Full Story »

  • Former Lake Wales Officer Gets Prison Time

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 9:14 am ET  

    LAKE WALES, Fla. -- A former Lake Wales police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a drug operation. A judge sentenced 51-year-old Keenan Colson on Thursday. He pleaded no contest in September to charges of using police equipment to aid a member of a drug operation. Full Story »

  • Government Puts Ban On Red Snapper Fishing

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 8:44 am ET  

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the big catches for commercial and recreational fishermen will be banned for much of next year. Beginning January 4th, 2010, the federal government will ban fishing for red snapper from North Carolina all the way down the Atlantic Coast of Florida for six months. Full Story »

  • Claims Of More Mistresses Adds To Tiger's Troubles

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 8:29 am ET  

    ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Two more women are coming forward claiming to have had affairs with recently-troubled professional golfer Tiger Woods, and this time they are from Central Florida. This brings the total number of potential mistresses to five, including Rachel Uchitel. Full Story »

  • Massive Homeless Project To Assist Hundreds

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 7:59 am ET  

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- The City of Orlando is launching a massive project designed to reach hundreds of homeless people at once Friday morning. Forty-five agencies and businesses are joining forces as part of Project Homeless Connect, based at the Downtown Recreation Center on Livingston Street. Full Story »

  • Home Invaders Used Woman At Door As Decoy

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 7:29 am ET  

    ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County sheriff's deputies are still searching Friday morning for the home invaders who used a woman as a decoy. Thursday night, a man living at The Fountains apartments near Waterford Lakes heard a knock and opened his front door. Full Story »

  • Surveillance Sheds Light On Ambush Robbery

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Fri Dec 4, 6:44 am ET  

    New surveillance video could be the break in the case police need to find the man behind a violent, ambush-style robbery attempt that happened late Tuesday night in Ocoee. SURVEILLANCE: Raw Video | Images AT THE SCENE: Ocoee Couple Ambushed VIDEO REPORT: Possible Break In Case Full Story »

  • Man Describes Robbery Where Woman Was Decoy

    WFTV 9 Orlando – Thu Dec 3, 11:44 pm ET  

    Orange County deputies were searching Friday for home invaders who used a woman as a decoy and brutally beat the resident inside. VICTIM SPEAKS: Watch Video | See Images VIDEO REPORT: Woman Used As Decoy CRIME SECTION: Latest News, Neighborhood Watch Full Story »

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